Esther Georgia Irving Cooper

Esther Georgia Irving Cooper
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	28 Nuwamba, 1881
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mazauni	Alexandria County (en)
Ƙabila	Afirkawan Amurka
Mutuwa	7 ga Faburairu, 1970
Makwanci	Makabartar Arlington na Kasa
Ƴan uwa
Yara	view Esther Cooper Jackson (en)
Sana'a
Sana'a	civil rights advocate (en)

Farkon rayuwar mutum

An haifi Cooper a ranar 28 ga Nuwamba, 1881, a Cleveland, ga William da Katherine Harris Irving, mutanen da suka kasance bayi. Ta koma Virginia don zama wani ɓangare na Forest Service kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin stenographer. Ta auri George Posea Cooper a ranar 10 ga Satumba, 1913, kuma suna da 'ya'ya mata uku. Ɗaya daga cikin 'yan mata, Esther Cooper Jackson ta kasance mai fafutukar kare hakkin bil'adama wacce ta auri ɗan'uwanta mai fafutuka na kare hakkin bil" James E. Jackson . Ta mutu a ranar 7 ga Fabrairu, 1970, tana da shekaru 88.

Ayyuka

Cooper ya yi aiki na ɗan lokaci yana koyar da Turanci, buga rubutu da taƙaitawa a Makarantar Horar da Mata da 'Yan Mata ta Kasa kuma yana gudanar da darussan kasuwanci a cikin shirye-shiryen ilimin manya a Makarantun Jama'a na Arlington County a matsayin wani ɓangare na Dokar Gyara Ilimi ta Tarayya. Lokacin da Cooper ta koma Arlington, Virginia, ta sami makarantun da aka ware ba su dace ba kuma ta tura 'ya'yanta mata zuwa makaranta a Washington DC kamar sauran iyaye da yawa na lokacin.

Cooper ya kafa kuma shi ne shugaban farko na reshen Arlington County na Ƙungiyar Ƙasa don Ci gaban Mutanen Launi. A shekara ta 1942, ta shiga kwamitin zartarwa na Taron Jihar Virginia na NAACP wanda ya kalubalanci rashin daidaito na launin fata a makarantun sakandare na gundumar. Wannan ya ƙare a cikin Carter v. School Board of Arlington County, inda Kotun daukaka kara ta huɗu ta yanke hukuncin cewa makarantun sakandare daban-daban na gundumar sun zama nuna bambancin launin fata ba bisa ka'ida ba kuma sun ba da umarnin kara kudade ga makarantun da aka ware da kuma daidaita albashi ga malamai baƙar fata.

Cooper ta kasance shugabar reshen NAACP a cikin shekarun 1940 da kuma memba na Kudancin Kudancin Welfare na Dan Adam inda ta kasance shugagar SCHW ta Arlington. Cooper ya taimaka wajen shirya Jennie Dean Community Center Association, ƙungiyar da ta tara kuɗi don sayen ƙasa don cibiyar nishaɗi da ke buɗewa ga baƙi. A matsayinta na sakatariyar kungiyar 'yan ƙasa ta Butler Holmes, Ta yi rajistar masu jefa kuri'a kuma ta yi kamfen don kawo karshen harajin zabe. Ta yi aiki a kan kamfen na siyasa da kuma wuraren zabe ta hanyar zaben shugaban kasa na 1964.